Mix & Match Fashion Tips

The secret to dressing well on a budget is to have a small group of mix and match clothes in your wardrobe which co-ordinate in colour, fabric, and shape with all the pieces interchangeable. It becomes a perfect capsule of clothing, created by you for yourself.Looking good, wearing outfits that we like and feel confident in is a way of demanding better treatment than we might otherwise be getting.



It can consist of as few as five or as many as twenty five items of clothings, all designed by you to fit into your life and meet your personal requirements. This kind of mix and match capsule wardrobe is usually limited to two principle colours, each of which can stand on its own, or mix and match with the other. Choose your favourite basic colour, plus one other colour from your palette that you enjoy wearing.

As an example, which of the following do you actually do?

a) Wear a pumpkin coloured jacket and mix and match it with a different bottom and top each day. This way you will end up always looking the same each day.

b) Wear a basic bottom (black/navy skirt or trousers) and mix and match it with several different tops and jackets each day? In this case you will look completely different every day.



The secret to any good mix-and-match wardrobe is that you have to own basics that you can wear with a variety of outfits. Essentials include: white, black and gray t-shirts in varying lengths, black pants, dark jeans, black and colorful blazers, black and colorful pumps. With these different pieces, you can transform your outfits quickly and easily. For example, change a work outfit into evening wear simply by changing the top and the shoes.